The Different Laser Eye Surgery Procedures For You To
Consider
By
Tim Gorman
An estimated 60 million Americans suffer from vision
problems, such as myopia, commonly called nearsightedness, or hyperopia,
farsightedness, and astigmatism. This year 1.5 million of them, with the advice
of their eye surgeons, will undergo one of these laser eye surgery procedures,
to correct their vision problems.
Are you one of them? If so, it’s to your advantage to know what the different
laser eye surgery procedures are and how each procedure works to correct vision
problems.
Laser eye surgery is a surgical procedure in which the laser beams an intense
ray of light through a microscope. This short list is concerned only with the
latest, safest and effective laser eye surgery procedures used by today’s eye
surgeons.
LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis. FDA has approved this
surgical technique for use since 1995. More and more surgeons use this laser eye
surgery procedure because for the results. The patient’s vision is restored from
one to two days after, it’s relatively painless and operating on one eye
generally takes only one minute. This laser eye surgery procedure corrects
farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism. Only patients with thick
corneas are good candidates for this procedure. During the operation, the eye
surgeon uses the laser to sculpt the exposed cornea into a curve by evaporating
tissue under the flap.
LASEK is short for Laser-Assisted Sub-Epithelial Keratectomy. This laser eye
surgery procedure is the second most popular alternative other for those who do
have hyperopia or farsightedness but have thin or flat corneas.
PRK is the acronym for Photo Refractive Keratectomy. Although the FDA gave it
a nod only in 1995, this laser eye surgery procedure has long been in use, since
the 1980s. It corrects mild to moderate farsightedness and astigmatism. During
this laser eye surgery procedure the surgeon uses the laser to evaporate tissue
from the surface of the corneas. The laser machine does most of the work, and
works best on patients with large pupils or thin corneas. Patient recovery takes
longer though by as much as several months.
The laser eye surgery procedures mentioned here have become popular with more
doctors performing them because the procedures are safe, permanent and faster
results are evident.
Tim Gorman is a successful webmaster and publisher of Vision-Doctor.com an
online website that offers discounts on contact lenses, eyeglasses, sunglasses
and free information on
LASIK eye surgery procedures that you can view in the privacy of your own
home.
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